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We invite you to sign up for a Londolozi Live account and join our growing digital family united by our respect for nature and love of the wild. Membership is free and grants access to the Londolozi community, numerous innovative services and benefits across our digital ecosystem:

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Seamless Fun for the Londolozi Crafters

Over the last weekend we were fortunate enough to have a fabulous seamstress, Jane Laburn, run a sewing workshop for all the crafters at Londolozi.

Lodrick Mtobeni, Annie Mnisi and Jane Laburn chat about the design of the place mats they are all about to make.

The Londolozi crafting team is a big one that contains many women and quite a few men too who hold very different skill sets. There are a few who make wonderful bead work, a skill that has been carried over traditionally from mother to daughter and results in the most amazing creations! Others make beautiful woodwork as well as wire pots. The craft that has been highlighted as a favourite over the last little while has been sewing, more specifically a new form of sewing, quilting. Seemingly just when we really needed it, we received a wonderful fortune in the form of Jane Laburn. She has run a few workshops for us in the past and was here last weekend to teach us even more of the ins and outs of how to perfect this skill.

Jane Laburn and Joyce Mkhabela work with some of the shwe shwe fabric; learning to create something beautiful out of old bits of material.

In the week preceding Jane’s arrival the sewing centre was a very busy place with everybody cutting up strips of beautiful shwe shwe fabric (a local fabric of beautiful prints), making sure there was enough batting and getting rulers, markers and pins ready. The weekend started with lots of hustle and bustle around our sewing centre. The sewing team was bursting with excitement to hear and learn about new ideas. When Jane arrived she immediately put everyone to work having shown them the beautiful place mats we would be working at producing.

Neatness and precision was something we focused on, attempting to improve what was learnt in the previous workshops.

An example of the beautiful and bright shwe shwe fabric used.

There was a constant whirr of sewing machines and laughter throughout the day and we were joined by guest, Pheobe Harrel who also has a brilliant sewing background and taught everyone to make aprons. She has very kindly donated some beautiful embroidery materials and books to learn from. Pheobe and Jane, thank you for your time and enthusiasm around the sewing team, there is no question your infectious energy was felt by all.

Donation Masiya and Joyce Mkhabela work with bigs smiles; exploring their creativity.

Annie Mnisi and Phoebe Harrel work side-by-side on their creations.

Annie Mnisi works with her ancient but favourite sewing machine. It is no small wonder that she returns to this tried and tested Singer judging by what she’s able to make with it.

The outcome of the 2-day workshop has been spectacular. Not only did we learn a huge amount about quality and how important keeping standards up is, we learnt all about a new skill and how you can use something, like old bits of material, to make something beautiful.

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Jessica MacLarty

Head of Village

Jess’ history at Londolozi has seen her undergo many transformations before she landed in her present role as Head of Londolozi's Village. She arrived in 2007 to take over the children’s program, but ultimately decided that it was out in the bush itself ...

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Membership Overview

Londolozi Live

Membership overview

We invite you to sign up for a Londolozi Live account and join our growing digital family united by our respect for nature and love of the wild. Membership is free and grants access to the Londolozi community, numerous innovative services and benefits across our digital ecosystem:

Quick sign in/sign up

Tired of new passwords? Link your social media account of choice for instant, secure access to Londolozi Live.

Who are you?

Tell the community something about yourself and tweak your Londolozi profile. More of a secretive animal? Keep your profile private.

Track your activity

Earn badges for your profile as you interact with Londolozi and the community as you comment, share and explore our online ecosystem. All your activity with Londolozi is now connected.

Increase your ranking

Earn prowess and rank up as you interact with Londolozi Live and earn a spot on the monthly points leaderboard.

Discuss stories

Chat with other Londolozi Live Explorers and with your favourite Contributors from the Londolozi team about their photos and stories from the wild.

Home of leopards

Tell us which of the Leopards of Londolozi you've encountered during your visit! Their cards will move to your profile page collection.

Rent gear

Need a camera for your stay? Book it online and hassle free. Travel to Londolozi light and easy.

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The Leopards of Londolozi

Since 1979 Londolozi has had a love affair with leopards. Over the last four decades, this dynasty has been chronicled by the many guides and trackers, past and present, who have worked at Londolozi.

You can visit the Mashaba 4:3 Female's dedicated profile page to access a rich trove of information about this leopard, including family tree, unique markings, territory maps, timelines and a host of stunning images and videos.